You are NOT your own.

At the risk of getting too philosophical, I want to reflect my thoughts on a question posed by Stephen Pohlmann from Riverside Church in the sermon on Sunday.  The question was would you consider having heaven and all the benefits, but without Jesus? It's an intriguing question, and I would have to say if we were honest with ourselves, the idea has certain merits worth considering.   I mean having Jesus would perhaps limit your enjoyment of heaven because he would make demands on your time, efforts, behavior, thought patterns etc.  Like who wants to have responsibilities, roles and purposes in paradise right?  I wanna enjoy the freedoms without boundaries, to make the most of the time and place.  Isn't this how we are even now, in this space? We don't like accountablity, and having to hold ourselves in check, who wants to work on becoming Christlike, that's a lot of effort isn't it? On careful reflection though this idea is totally absurd. Heaven without Je...